News of convention

Diplomatic row between Argentina and Chile erupts over maritime borders

02-09-2021 23:00 Tensions between Argentina and Chile boil over, with the Foreign Ministry in Buenos Aires accusing Sebastián Piñera's administration of attempting to "expropriate" part of its maritime territory.

NEW CONSTITUTION

Work starts on Chile's first post-dictatorship constitution

04-07-2021 21:10 New 155-member body charged with writing a new constitution installed in Chile, but swearing-in ceremony overshadowed by protests.

US ELECTION 2020

Trump attacks Biden, defies pandemic on White House stage

28-08-2020 03:43 Trump blasts Joe Biden as a hapless career politician, claiming he will endanger Americans’ safety, as he accepts Republican Party's nomination.

US ELECTION 2020

Trump questions integrity of US election as he's renominated

24-08-2020 19:52 President Trump turned a surprise opening-day appearance at his party’s scaled-down national convention into an opportunity to question the integrity of the upcoming election.

US Election 2020

How Black women cleared a path for Harris to be the VP pick

19-08-2020 17:05 Kamala Harris' selection as the Democratic VP candidate is a historic event in the United States, as she will be the first Black woman and first Asian American woman named to a major party presidential ticket in the US.

US ELECTION 2020

Democrats nominate Biden for epic challenge to oust Trump

19-08-2020 08:26 US Democrats nominated Joe Biden as their 2020 presidential candidate on Tuesday, offering the Washington veteran as a "man of courage" who would sweep away the "chaos" of four years under Donald Trump.

CLIMATE CHANGE

Young climate activists file UN complaint against Argentina, four other nations

23-09-2019 17:33 Complaint by 16 young climate activists, led by Greta Thunberg, accuses Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany and Turkey of failing to uphold their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, signed 30 years ago.